ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,267, issued on July 8.

"Rotary lobe blower or vacuum pump with synchronized induction and discharge flows (SIDF)" was invented by Paul Xiubao Huang (Fayetteville, Ga.) and Sean William Yonkers (Georgetown, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synchronized Induction & Discharge Flows (SIDF) for a rotary lobe blower (pump) or vacuum pump reduce flow pulsations, noise, vibration, harshness (NVH) and improve blower efficiency. Generally, a rotary lobe blower (pump) or vacuum pump with a SIDF has a pair of mechanically synchronized multi-lobe rotors with the same number of lobes housed in a well of a casing wall with an off-center suction po...